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Important Breakthroughs in Health
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These are the most important scientific breakthroughs in the world of human health.
| | allergy medicines |
| | anesthesia - greatly reduces pain in operations and child birth |
| | Angioplasty - improved heart surgery |
| | Anthrax vaccine |
| | Asacol - medication used to treat Crohns' Disease in the intestine |
| | CAT scans - helps diagnose brain problems |
| | chemotherapy - greatly improved cure rates |
| | Chicken pox vaccinations |
| | cloning - will eventually be a highly debated human health issue in the world |
| | dental implants |
| | discovery of AIDS |
| | discovery of DNA - revolutionized health care |
| | down syndrom testing in the womb |
| | Ezetimibe, Ezetrol - a cholesterol drug |
| | feto-maternal medicine - detecting and treating medical problems in the fetus |
| | gene therapy and mapping the human genome - allows for breakthroughs in health care |
| | glucosamine chondroitin - helps joints function better, reduces pain |
| | HIV testing |
| | HPV vaccine - prevents women from dying from cervical cancer |
| | I.V. therapy - allows for fluid replacement and antibiotic administration |
| | insulin - improves people who suffer from diabetes |
| | invitro - improves pregnancy and child bearing process |
| | Kidney dialysis |
| | MRI - improved health care |
| | pacemakers - keeps people with heart problems alive much longer |
| | Plant Stanols - blocking effect on cholesterol |
| | polio vaccine |
| | proton knife - allows for a non-evasive procedure to remove in-operable tumors |
| | Prozac and other antidepressants |
| | robotics - revolutionized hospital operating rooms |
| | stem cell research - helps to find cures for diseases |
| | the Pill - revolutionized birth control |
| | transfusion medicine |
| | transplant technology - not just heart, kidney, lungs and liver; now corneas, skin, muscle tissue and bone matter |
| | Viagra |
| | zinc tablets - helps prevent colds |
| | Zomig, Imitrex and other migraine medication |
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